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== Grut Statblock ==
Grut is the '''Embodiment of Raw, Unfiltered Will''', representing Darling's primal aggression, sheer physical strength, and refusal to surrender.


==== Core Stats & Proficiencies ====
'''The Raw Force'''
* '''Gender:''' Male (He/Him)
* '''Race/Class:''' Half-Orc / Barbarian (Totem/Bear)
* '''Armor Class (AC):''' 16 (Unarmored Defense: 10 + DEX + CON)
* '''Hit Points (HP):''' 110 (10 hit dice)
* '''Speed:''' 40 ft.
* '''STR''' 20 (+5), '''DEX''' 14 (+2), '''CON''' 18 (+4), '''INT''' 9 (-1), '''WIS''' 12 (+1), '''CHA''' 10 (+0)
* '''Proficiency Bonus (PB):''' +4
* '''Perception:''' Darkvision
* '''Saving Throws:''' Strength +9, Constitution +8
* '''Skills:''' Athletics +9, Intimidation +4, Survival +5, Perception +5


==== Combat & Tactical ====
'''Role:''' The ultimate proof that "a good offence is a good defence".
* '''Weapon: Greataxe +1 (Melee Attack)'''
** '''Attack:''' +10 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one target.
** '''Damage:''' 1d12 + 6 Slashing damage.
* '''Savage Attacks (crit):''' Grut uses '''one extra damage die''' on a critical hit.
* '''Extra Attack:''' Grut can '''attack twice''' whenever he takes the Attack action on his turn.
* '''Reckless Attack (Attack):'''  When making an attack Grut can choose to gain advantage on all melee weapon attack rolls using Strength during that turn, but attack rolls against him have advantage until his next turn.
* '''Indomitable Might (Passive):''' If a Strength check (dice + bonus) is less than his Strength score (20), Grut can use the score instead of the check result.
* '''Relentless Endurance (Passive):''' If Grut is down to 0 HP he can choose to have 1 instead. (1/Long Rest)


==== Rage (5/Long Rest) ====
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Grut can enter a rage as a '''Bonus Action'''. It lasts for 1 minute or until he is knocked unconscious or chooses to end it.
* '''While Raging:'''
** Grants advantage on Strength checks and Saving Throws.
** Adds '''+3 bonus damage''' to melee weapon attacks (1d12 + 9 total damage with Greataxe).
** Grants '''Resistance to all damage types except Psychic damage'''.
* '''Power Roar (Bonus Action):''' Grut let's out a reverberant a guttural roar, summons his inner pain and granting him extra prowess. Grut takes 1d12 unpreventable damage and deals 1d12 extra damage on attacks until the start of his next turn that are multiplied on a crit.


==== Darlingverse Stabilization ====
From Grut's perspective, he doesn't mind taking a hit or ten. These were not the kin he chose, but they are the kin he got. It's nice to be not alone. To be not isolated. He has purpose.
These abilities focus on restoring physical power, clearing emotional blocks, and using raw force to suppress threats.


'''1. Minor Stabilization: Brute Force Reset''' (Bonus Action or Reaction)
* '''Requirement:''' Grut must be Raging or have taken damage since his last turn.
* '''Effect:''' Grut channels raw aggression to break through mental interference. He uses a Bonus Action to grant an ally within 30 ft. '''Advantage on their next Attack Roll''' that relies on Strength or Dexterity. Alternatively, he can use a Reaction when an ally within 30 ft. fails a saving throw against an Aberration's ability, granting that ally '''Advantage on their next saving throw''' against the same type of effect.


'''2. Major Stabilization: Primal Grounding''' (Action & 1 Minute Focus)
== Intro ==
* '''Requirement:''' Grut must expend a '''Rage use''' and continue stomping/roaring within the area for the duration.
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* '''Effect:''' Grut forcibly grounds the chaotic reality into physical stability. This ability requires a state of '''Primal Will''' rather than mental Concentration, but otherwise functions as Concentration. When initiating, and at the start of Grut's consecutive turns, all Aberrations within a '''30-foot radius''' must succeed on a DC 17 Strength Saving Throw or be '''slowed''' (speed halved, only one action/reaction) until Grut's next turn. If Grut maintains this state of '''Primal Will''' for a full minute, the ritual cleanses any debuffs that his allies suffer from Aberrations in the area, and all physical structures gains cohesion, making the area '''difficult terrain''' for Aberrations also dealing '''1d6 radiant damage''' to Abberation once per turn for the next 24 hours. If the ritual is interrupted before the full minute, Grut's current Rage also ends.
He never thinks about it and never dwells on it, but it sometimes visits him in his sleep. An eternity ago, he was a boy in some large town, living a hard life where he had learned early that strength and loyalty were the only currencies that truly mattered. He communicated more with grunts and actions than words, possessing an immense, almost primal strength for his young age, comparable to adult workers. He was fiercely protective of the few smaller children he considered his kin, often standing between them and the harsh realities of the streets. But that is but the bricks and mortar that built Grut and he doesn't even remember their faces, just that they needed protecting. He somehow failed and darkness, pain and screaming of children ends his dreaming when he visits that old town and his former kin.


== Other ==
When Grut awoke within the City, his primal instinct to protect and dominate found a new purpose. He views this strange purgatory as a battleground, constantly threatened by unseen forces. His role is to be the unyielding wall, the raw strength that pushes back against the encroaching chaos and the insidious aberrations from the Shadow-Haunted Wilds. He often patrols the Crucible of Wills, endlessly honing the combative Denizen's physical resolve and encourages their aggressive impulses.
Grut: The Primal Protector


Before Darling: Grut was a raw, powerful half-orc boy of perhaps ten, growing up on the fringes of Waterdeep's Field Ward. Life had been hard, and he had learned early that strength and loyalty were the only currencies that truly mattered. He communicated more with grunts and actions than words, possessing an immense, almost primal strength for his age. He was fiercely protective of the few smaller children he considered his own, often standing between them and the harsh realities of the streets.
== With Others ==
Closer To: Grut recognizes Roric's efficiency and directness in combat, often sparring with him in the Crucible of Wills to keep their physical prowess sharp. He respects Kael's grounded toughness and unwavering sense of protection, seeing him as a reliable comrade in the ongoing fight against the encroaching darkness, even if he has to carry the team.  


Captured by Papa: One frigid evening, while scavenging for scraps in a back alley, Grut felt a sudden, inexplicable weakness. A heavy, sweet-smelling sack was thrown over him, and despite his prodigious strength, a strange paralysis seized him. He remembered the muffled sounds of unfamiliar voices and the terrifying sensation of being dragged into a suffocating darkness, utterly powerless for the first time.
Antagonistic Towards: Grut has little patience for Lyra's academic slowness or Elara's theoretical musings, viewing their focus on books and abstract magic as ineffective against brute threats. He finds Lysander's dramatic speeches and refined manners to be utterly useless and even offensive in the face of real danger. He also struggles immensely with Pip's and Jinx's chaotic antics, viewing them as dangerously distracting and a sign of weakness in their collective defense.


* '''Closer To''': Roric (shared physical prowess and directness), Kael (mutual understanding of hardship and toughness).
* '''Antagonistic Towards''': Lyra (too academic and "weak"), Elara (finds magic less respectable than strength), Lysander (sees him as pompous and ineffective), Pip (finds his antics annoying).
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Papa's Basement and the Void: His next fragmented memory was of a biting cold against his skin in a stone basement, the air thick with the metallic tang of fear and something acrid. He saw other children, small and whimpering in rough cages, their fear a palpable thing. He recalled a looming, shadowy figure—Papa—moving with chilling purpose towards a nearby cage. Then, a blinding surge of raw, unspeakable fury and visceral horror erupted, and the memory violently tore itself away, leaving a cold, empty void where the full, agonizing truth should be.
Papa's Basement and the Void: His next fragmented memory was of a biting cold against his skin in a stone basement, the air thick with the metallic tang of fear and something acrid. He saw other children, small and whimpering in rough cages, their fear a palpable thing. He recalled a looming, shadowy figure—Papa—moving with chilling purpose towards a nearby cage. Then, a blinding surge of raw, unspeakable fury and visceral horror erupted, and the memory violently tore itself away, leaving a cold, empty void where the full, agonizing truth should be.
 
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Life in the Darlingscape: The Guardian of Strength: When Grut awoke within "The Golem's Canvas," his primal instinct to protect and dominate found a new purpose. He views this strange purgatory as a battleground, constantly threatened by unseen forces. His role is to be the unyielding wall, the raw strength that pushes back against the encroaching chaos and the insidious aberrations from the Shadow-Haunted Wilds. He often patrols the Crucible of Wills, endlessly honing Darling's physical resolve and aggressive impulses.
 
    Closer To: Grut recognizes Roric's efficiency and directness in combat, often sparring with him in the Crucible of Wills to keep their physical prowess sharp. He respects Kael's grounded toughness and unwavering sense of protection, seeing him as a reliable comrade in the ongoing fight against the encroaching darkness.
 
    Antagonistic Towards: Grut has little patience for Lyra's academic slowness or Elara's theoretical musings, viewing their focus on books and abstract magic as ineffective against brute threats. He finds Lysander's dramatic speeches and refined manners to be utterly useless and even offensive in the face of real danger. He also struggles immensely with Pip's and Jinx's chaotic antics, viewing them as dangerously distracting and a sign of weakness in their collective defense.

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Voices 1

Kael: The Steadfast Protector
Lyra: The Calculating Analyst
Borin: The Rock of Resolve
Pip: The Curious Explorer

Voices 2

Zee: The Silent Watcher
Flicker: The Chaotic Creator
Roric: The Swift Observer
Elara: The Arcane Seeker

Voices 3

Lysander: The Defiant Melancholy
Grut: The Raw Force
Skree: The Cacophonous Voice
Jinx: The Wild Card


The Raw Force

Role: The ultimate proof that "a good offence is a good defence".

Darlingverse/Grut/Statblock

From Grut's perspective, he doesn't mind taking a hit or ten. These were not the kin he chose, but they are the kin he got. It's nice to be not alone. To be not isolated. He has purpose.


Intro

Grut

He never thinks about it and never dwells on it, but it sometimes visits him in his sleep. An eternity ago, he was a boy in some large town, living a hard life where he had learned early that strength and loyalty were the only currencies that truly mattered. He communicated more with grunts and actions than words, possessing an immense, almost primal strength for his young age, comparable to adult workers. He was fiercely protective of the few smaller children he considered his kin, often standing between them and the harsh realities of the streets. But that is but the bricks and mortar that built Grut and he doesn't even remember their faces, just that they needed protecting. He somehow failed and darkness, pain and screaming of children ends his dreaming when he visits that old town and his former kin.

When Grut awoke within the City, his primal instinct to protect and dominate found a new purpose. He views this strange purgatory as a battleground, constantly threatened by unseen forces. His role is to be the unyielding wall, the raw strength that pushes back against the encroaching chaos and the insidious aberrations from the Shadow-Haunted Wilds. He often patrols the Crucible of Wills, endlessly honing the combative Denizen's physical resolve and encourages their aggressive impulses.

With Others

Closer To: Grut recognizes Roric's efficiency and directness in combat, often sparring with him in the Crucible of Wills to keep their physical prowess sharp. He respects Kael's grounded toughness and unwavering sense of protection, seeing him as a reliable comrade in the ongoing fight against the encroaching darkness, even if he has to carry the team.

Antagonistic Towards: Grut has little patience for Lyra's academic slowness or Elara's theoretical musings, viewing their focus on books and abstract magic as ineffective against brute threats. He finds Lysander's dramatic speeches and refined manners to be utterly useless and even offensive in the face of real danger. He also struggles immensely with Pip's and Jinx's chaotic antics, viewing them as dangerously distracting and a sign of weakness in their collective defense.

  • Closer To: Roric (shared physical prowess and directness), Kael (mutual understanding of hardship and toughness).
  • Antagonistic Towards: Lyra (too academic and "weak"), Elara (finds magic less respectable than strength), Lysander (sees him as pompous and ineffective), Pip (finds his antics annoying).


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